tu ##t , respectively the commissioner and the governor of pete ##n , visited it in 1848 . artist eu ##se ##bio lara accompanied them and their account was published in germany in 1853 . several other expeditions came to further investigate , map , and photograph ti ##kal in the 19th century ( including alfred p . maud ##sl ##ay in 1881 @ - @ 82 ) and the early 20th century . pioneering archaeologists started to clear , map and record the ruins in the 1880s . in 1951 , a small airs ##trip was built at the ruins , which previously could only be reached by several days ' travel through the jungle on foot or mule . in 1956 the ti ##kal project began
tut, respectively the commissioner and the governor of peten, visited it in 1848. artist eusebio lara accompanied them and their account was published in germany in 1853. several other expeditions came to further investigate, map, and photograph tikal in the 19th century ( including alfred p. maudslay in 1881 @ - @ 82 ) and the early 20th century. pioneering archaeologists started to clear, map and record the ruins in the 1880s. in 1951, a small airstrip was built at the ruins, which previously could only be reached by several days'travel through the jungle on foot or mule. in 1956 the tikal project began